“My real purpose was to see you, and to judge, if I could, whether I might ever hope to make you love me.”Tagged: Jane Austen, romance, Love, Falling In Love, purpose
“'My beauty you had early withstood, and as for my manners—my behavior to you was at least always bordering on the uncivil, and I never spoke to you without rather wishing to give you pain than not. Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?' 'For the liveliness of your mind, I did.'”Tagged: Jane Austen, romance, Love, Words, Falling In Love
“I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.”Tagged: Jane Austen, romance, Love, Words, Time
“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”Tagged: Jane Austen, romance, Struggle, Love, Admire